STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENTS - December 05, 2019 at 12:08 PM GMT
Announcement for December 05, 2019 at 12:08 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

MSCI TO CONSULT ON POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS TO MSCI ESG INDEXES

MSCI has announced today the launch of a consultation with the investment
community on a proposal to apply a series of methodology enhancements to the
MSCI ESG Indexes.

As part of this consultation, MSCI proposes enhancements to:
- Improve the climate risk profile of ESG Indexes through introduction of a
screen for companies involved in Thermal Coal and Unconventional O&G businesses.
 This enhancement is proposed for following ESG Index methodologies:
 - MSCI SRI
 - MSCI ESG Leaders
 - MSCI ESG Focus
 - MSCI ESG Universal

- Bring consistency to Controversial Business Involvement Criteria for MSCI ESG
Leaders Indexes.

- Bring consistency in security weighting by capping maximum issuer weight in
MSCI SRI and MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes.

A document describing the index methodology proposals is available on the MSCI
website at: https://www.msci.com/index-consultations.

MSCI welcomes any feedback from the investment community on these proposals on
or before February 28, 2020. MSCI will announce its decision, including the
potential transition timeline, on or before March 31, 2020.

Please note that this consultation may or may not lead to the implementation of
any or all of the proposed changes in the highlighted or any other MSCI Indexes.

Consultation feedback will remain confidential. MSCI may publicly disclose
feedback if specifically requested by specific market participants. In that
case, the relevant feedback would be published together with the final results
of the consultation.

For further information on MSCI indexes or MSCI data, please visit our web site
at www.msci.com, or contact:
MSCI Global Client Service:
Americas Client Service: 1.888.588.4567 (toll free)/+ 1.212.804.3901
EMEA Client Service: + 44.20.7618.2222
Asia Pacific Client Service: + 852.2844.9333


THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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